Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The television adaptation has ............... central characters than the original novel, so the family conflict feels more focused.
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Use "fewer" with countable plural nouns such as characters.
2The album cover is ............... than the exhibition poster, although both use the same colour palette.
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Use "more visually striking" because the sentence compares two cultural products.
3For many students, the graphic novel is just ............... accessible to teenagers as the film.
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Use "as" in the equality pattern “as + adjective + as”.
4The museum app relies on interactive images, ............... the audio guide builds its effect through narration.
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Use "whereas" to introduce a contrast between the museum app and the audio guide.
5Compared with the stage version, the film ending seems ............... in its treatment of the heroine.
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Use "more conventional" after “seems”; do not add “the” unless a noun or a superlative-style structure requires it.
6The more the remake simplifies the plot, ............... more powerful it becomes as a political thriller.
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Use "the" in the correlative pattern “the more..., the more...”.
7Although the two folk songs come from different regions, they are remarkably ............... in rhythm and structure.
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Use "similar" before “in”; “the same” normally takes “as” or a noun phrase, not “in” here.
8The local production is quite different ............... the Broadway musical in its use of silence.
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Use "from" after “different” in standard British and international ESL usage.
9This year’s festival programme is ............... more experimental than last year’s, especially in its digital installations.
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Use "far" to intensify a comparative adjective such as “more experimental”.
10The documentary is ............... to non-specialists than the podcast series, but it gives a richer historical background.
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Use "less accessible" because the sentence compares the documentary with one other cultural product, the podcast series.
11placeholder ...............
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Use "as much as" after “no” to mean the two murals do not differ in expressiveness.
12Several critics still prefer the silent original ............... the restored version, despite the clearer soundtrack.
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Use "to" after “prefer” when comparing one cultural product with another.
Answers
- The television adaptation has fewer central characters than the original novel, so the family conflict feels more focused.
- The album cover is more visually striking than the exhibition poster, although both use the same colour palette.
- For many students, the graphic novel is just as accessible to teenagers as the film.
- The museum app relies on interactive images, whereas the audio guide builds its effect through narration.
- Compared with the stage version, the film ending seems more conventional in its treatment of the heroine.
- The more the remake simplifies the plot, the more powerful it becomes as a political thriller.
- Although the two folk songs come from different regions, they are remarkably similar in rhythm and structure.
- The local production is quite different from the Broadway musical in its use of silence.
- This year’s festival programme is far more experimental than last year’s, especially in its digital installations.
- The documentary is less accessible to non-specialists than the podcast series, but it gives a richer historical background.
- placeholder as much as
- Several critics still prefer the silent original to the restored version, despite the clearer soundtrack.
